Business Intelligence & Analytics

Limitless BI tools. Smarter. Faster. Simpler.

Get the right information to anyone who needs it. Integrate and discover data on your own. Create and share interactive reports. Spark your curiosity with easy-to-use analytics. And monitor key metrics so when something goes awry, you'll know why – and what to do about it.

Fast insights from any data. Whether it’s in Hadoop, your relational data source or Microsoft Office spreadsheets, you can discover data from any source in a well-governed way – without preconceptions.

Location, location, location. Adding a geographic perspective takes your explorations to the next level, enabling you to better understand opportunities and risks.

Ready to take the next step toward getting the most value from your data? We offer several different technology, deployment and financing options, depending on your needs.

Expand your analytics culture. With approachable analytics that anyone can use and understand, you'll foster acceptance and encourage adoption.

Go way beyond descriptive analytics. What do you get when you combine interactive discovery with self-service analytics? A collaborative environment where everyone can answer "why?" and "what's next?"

Business intelligence with brains and brawn. Identify and share insights and performance metrics based on foresight, not hindsight. We've combined BI tools with analytics – backed by more than 40 years of expertise – to give you THE POWER TO KNOW®.

A smarter way to run your business. Behind-the-scenes algorithms – to detect what's significant and relevant – along with brilliant visualizations present data in the best possible way for quick assessment. So you won't miss important, contextual findings.

Easy enough for anyone. You don’t have to be a power user to benefit from analytics. Our drag-and-drop approach lets you change queries quickly, so there are no barriers to experimentation and discovery.

Ready to take the next step toward getting the most value from your data? We offer several different technology, deployment and financing options, depending on your needs.

Interactive Reporting & Dashboards

Yes, it is possible to satisfy both business users (who want to create their own BI content) and IT (who wants to selectively manage and govern it). With SAS, you can:

Do it yourself, and set IT free. The self-service, ad hoc reporting environment lets you create distribution-quality reports and analytics dashboards without burdening IT. No more waiting; you're in control.

Keep governance alive. IT can select business-user-generated BI content for production to promote proper governance.

Enjoy the freedom of self-service data preparation. Basic capabilities for data access, mashup, filtering and data transformation are built into our BI tools – just right for the business analyst.

Closing the gap. A managed, self-service BI approach will close the gap between business and IT – not drive them further apart. You'll reduce risks and gain the flexibility to act quickly.

Consumer-grade interactivity. Enable business-user-led report authoring and reshaping using only items of interest. Easily embed reports and charts with other content sources, applications or portals while retaining full interactivity.

Ready to take the next step toward getting the most value from your data? We offer several different technology, deployment and financing options, depending on your needs.

Collaboration

The world is built on teamwork. So why not put business intelligence and analytics where they can add more value? With SAS, you can:

Put analytics and BI tools where people work most. Only SAS drives faster adoption by surfacing results and key insights in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook and Excel.

Exchange ideas and insights. Business users can easily create storyboards or narratives and have meaningful conversations about results.

Foster alignment for better business decisions. Spread the word with visual insights, and expand the reach of information. Interactive commenting and annotations promote consensus building.

Easy to use and collaborate. Promote idea sharing while saving valuable time. You can annotate reports or charts, then send to others, who can add their thoughts as well. Or capture comments via video and audio.

Everyday email becomes everyday BI. Deliver consistent analytic insights and BI to your users via email, without filling up inboxes. There's no need to open other applications to view reports. You can even include dynamic summaries, so users can gain insights instantly.

Consistent, up-to-date information. Updated reports, analytic content and dashboards are managed with centralized logins and permissions. Everything stays in sync, everyone stays on the same page. And that makes everybody happy.

Ready to take the next step toward getting the most value from your data? We offer several different technology, deployment and financing options, depending on your needs.

Stay in sync with native apps for Windows 10, iOS and Android. Quickly and easily monitor and understand business performance. Native gestures and controls let you view and interact with dashboards, reports and charts – anywhere, anytime on tablets and smartphones.

Explore to your heart's content. Incorporate BI and analytics into a workflow or other app on mobile devices. Share insights with stakeholders to encourage wider discussions and greater collaboration.

Take it with you everywhere. The need to answer questions and make decisions doesn’t stop just because you’re not at your desk. Business users can can see and interact with key insights 24/7 – on their tablets or smartphones.

Create your own mobile apps. Use the SAS SDK for iOS and SAS SDK for Android to create your own customized apps that you can personalize with embedded SAS Visual Analytics content, your corporate logo and name of your choosing.

"SAS Visual Analytics has identified not just how many units are having issues, but at what steps and what interactions they are taking place. And we can trend the improvement immediately – it is awesome.”